11,967 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.5% since 2020)
1,040 square miles of land · 12 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
6 active community water systems list Live Oak County in the area they serve, reporting 8,285 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF THREE RIVERS surface water · local government · TX1490002 | 4,428 served |
| CITY OF GEORGE WEST groundwater · local government · TX1490001 | 2,159 served |
| LAKE VISTA UTILITY groundwater · private · TX1490017 | 834 served |
| OLD MARBACH SCHOOL WSC groundwater · local government · TX1490029 | 712 served |
| JONES RIVER BEND WSC groundwater · private · TX1490036 | 80 served |
| BUCKEYE KNOLL groundwater · private · TX1490016 | 72 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 61 people were held in Live Oak County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 41.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Live Oak County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14.8 million — $13.4 million to run schools, about $12,335 per student, plus $147,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.6 million local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.5 million.
Spent $28.9 million — $9.8 million to run schools, about $16,785 per student, plus $207,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.7 million local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.6 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Live Oak County about $7.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
218 bridges in Live Oak County: 109 in good condition, 105 fair, and 4 poor (1.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CARMEL HILLS DR over BELDON HOLLOW · built 1970 | 315 vehicles a day |
| FM 888 over DRAW · built 1930 | 234 vehicles a day |
| PORTER ROAD over LAGARTO CREEK · built 1968 | 100 vehicles a day |
| CR 216 over SALT CREEK · built 1965 | 35 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.9 million of work in Live Oak County in fiscal 2025, about $521 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov
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Nearby counties: Bee County (24 mi) · McMullen County (28 mi) · Karnes County (42 mi) · Jim Wells County (43 mi) · San Patricio County (44 mi) · Atascosa County (45 mi).